Nokia Lumia 800 with Windows Phone 7.5 Review @ HardwareHeaven.com Launched recently the Lumia 800 is Nokia`s first Windows based phone and one of the first handsets in a new wave of devices on the platform. With the latest OS, version 7.5 (Mango), we have been using the handset for a week now in day to day use, read on to find out our thoughts on the handset and OS."

Apple announced a slew of new features to Apple?s upcoming operations system OS X 10.7 Lion at their recent World Wide Developers Conference. Apple actually showed off Lion last November, and the developer preview has been out since February, but that of course didn?t stop Apple from showing it off some more. With all this time to think of it?s new features, and it?s July release getting ever closer, I thought I?d talk a little about how I think 5 of Lions 250+ new features will increase your productivity."

?Every two years, Apple releases a new version of its Macintosh operating system, OS X. For the past six years each version, at the time of its release, has reset the bar as the best consumer-level operating system ever created. OS X 10.7 Lion, released today via Apple`s online-only App Store, continues the tradition.?"

Apple has shown once again that it`s not afraid to re-sculpt its operating system with a chainsaw putting its own vision ahead of the impulse to keep users in a peaceful bubble of old habits. But is it taking OS X in the right direction?"

""Solaris 11 was released on Wednesday as the first major update to the former Sun operating system in seven years. A lot has changed in the Solaris stack in the past seven years, and OpenSolaris has come and gone in that time, but in this article is a brief look through the brand new Oracle Solaris 11 release."""

"The new benchmarks going out today on Phoronix are looking at
the performance of Intel's Sandy Bridge graphics with the latest
Microsoft Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux drivers. Not only are we using the
very latest drivers, but there is also a separate Linux test run with
SNA, the "Sandy Bridge New Acceleration" architecture enabled."

Is this not a website for PC enthusiasts who care about Windows and about gaming and modifications to their computers?· Yes, yes it is. But there are several reasons why the PC world should look towards Lion as a way that the entire PC world may end up going.

Fedora has long been touted as being one of the most professional, stable, cutting-edge distros out there, and seeing as though its latest version brings GNOME 3 along for the ride, I couldn't help but download and install it. I've since used Fedora 15 for an entire month, so read on as I take a look at this release from all angles.

Owning an SSD that supports TRIM is great, but while Windows users have the benefit of having TRIM enabled for them, Linux users need to take the manual route - at least, at this point in time. In this article, we tackle the simple process of doing so, and also show how to verify that TRIM is indeed working as it should be.

"With the Linux 3.0 kernel carrying CleanCache support along
with various improvements to the EXT4 and Btrfs file-system modules, it
is time for another Phoronix file-system comparison. This time around
the EXT4 vs. Btrfs performance is particularly important with Fedora 16
possibly switching to Btrfs by default. Due to this level of interest,
for our Linux 3.0 kernel benchmarks of the EXT4 and Btrfs file-systems,
an Intel SSD was tested as well as an old 5400RPM IDE notebook hard
drive to represent two ends of the spectrum."

Chrome OS notebooks from Acer and Samsung are expected to launch next month at $349 and $429, respectively. The fact that you can get a more powerful netbook with Windows 7 pre-installed for roughly the same price, or even less, is already putting some people off. But that doesn't mean you should disregard Google's operating system without so much as giving it a try -- especially since it's available as a free download for you to test on your own hardware.
While you'd normally have to build Chromium OS from source to try it out on your computer, several developers have released installable builds that will save you the trouble. We'll show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive with Chrome OS or run the it using a free virtual machine.

After months of anticipation, Ubuntu 11.04, codenamed 'Natty Narwhal', has launched in its final form. The big news this time around is that the OS ships with Canonical's 'Unity' desktop environment as default - a large risk on behalf of the company. To see if that risk paid off, let's take an in-depth look to see what Unity's made of.

While we are still battling issues with the Intel Linux
graphics driver in getting that running properly with Intel's new Sandy
Bridge CPUs (at least Intel's Jesse Barnes is now able to reproduce the
most serious problem we've been facing, but we'll save the new graphics
information for another article), the CPU performance continues to be
very compelling. Two weeks ago we published the Intel Core i5 2500K
Linux benchmarks that showed just how well this quad-core CPU that costs
a little more than $200 USD is able to truly outperform previous
generations of Intel hardware. That was just with running the standard
open-source benchmarks and other Linux software, which has not been
optimized for Intel's latest micro-architecture. Version 4.6 of the GNU
Compiler Collection (GCC) though is gearing up for release and it will
bring support for the AVX extensions. In this article, we are
benchmarking GCC 4.6 on a Sandy Bridge system to see what benefits there
are to enabling the Core i7 AVX optimizations."

"Ultimately, Asus' portable Blu-Ray drive has a lot going for it. USB bus power makes it convenient to pick up and take anywhere, the ultra-slim design and blue LEDs look fantastic, and the drive reads and writes everything from a simple CD-R's to recordable BD media reliably."

Today Microsoft released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to the public. We wanted to check if there are some gaming performance gains included the upgrade, so we ran NVIDIA's and ATI's flagship graphics cards through our VGA benchmarking suite.

" Windows 7 is the best Windows yet, at least that’s my opinion of it. Think what you like, you’re entitled to your own opinion of course. I’m not going to get into an arguing match with you about Win 7 and XP, Vista, OSX etc, this is not what this article is for, take it elsewhere please. If you want to know more about how Windows 7 Service Pack 1 might affect your computer then this is where you want to be. I’ve taken quite a bit of time to run many test on three separate computers with Windows 7 installed, both 32bit and 64bit versions. From my experience I’ve learned a bit and I thought I’d share that with you today, so read on to learn what I learned about how the new Service Pack affects your system."

Beginners Guide: Install/Remove Intel Socket LGA1156 CPU and HeatsinkNov 18 | Beginners GuidesRating:Installing a socket LGA1156 Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processor into a fresh motherboard as part of a new PC build can be intimidating step, particularly if you've never worked inside a computer before. PCSTATS received a few emails from novice readers on this subject, so we thought it worthwhile to lay out the steps for you in this Beginners Guide.